(Arba’ah Turim). Even Ha’ezer [Rabbinic Code]. With commentary Beth Yoseph by R. Yoseph Karo.

Estimate: $4,000–$6,000
Hammer price: $3,600

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

JACOB BEN ASHER.

printer

Tobias Foa

Place

Sabbioneta

Publication

1553

Description

FIRST EDITION with commentary. Each letter of title within a decorative woodcut vignette. Opening word of main text within elaborate floral woodcut border piece. Printer’s mark on verso of final leaf (Yaari no. 20). A wide-margined copy. Impressive contemporary binding.

references

Vinograd, Sabbioneta 7.

ff. 232. Some dampstaining, title neatly repaired, trace wormed toward end, stamps. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum over thick wooden boards, twin clasps and hinges. Folio.

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